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dense punctures ; autcnnaj black, with the flagcllum bright 

 rcrriiginous beneath apically ; liair of cheeks white, of lace 

 white intermixed with bhack on clypcus, vertex and upper 

 l)art of front with long bhickhair; mesothorax and scutellurii 

 brilliantly shining, with irregular sliallow punctures; post- 

 scutcllum without a process ; area of metathorax smooth 

 and shining, with an obtuse transverse ridge ; hair of 

 thorax dull white, black on discs of mesothorax and 

 scutellum, and a patch of black under the wings ; tegulie 

 ])iceous. Wings dusky, the lanceolate stigma rufo-piceous, 

 nervures fuscous ; b. n. falling just short of t.-m. ; second 

 s.m. receiving first r. n. about middle ; third s.m. re- 

 ceiving second r. n. some distance before end. Legs black, 

 tarsi red at extreme apex ; hair of legs largely white, but 

 orange-fulvous on inner side of anterior tarsi, yellowish- 

 tinted on inner side of hind tarsi, black or fuscous on outer 

 side of tibiiE and tarsi; spurs pallid. Abdomen moderately 

 shining, but with a sericeous surface, without distinct punc- 

 tures or hair-bands; apical fimbria black; venter with much 

 wiiite hair. 



(^ — Length about 9 mm. 



Face covered with white hair ; mandibles bright red sub- 

 apically ; flazelluui dark, rather obscure red at apex, verv 

 strongly crenulated beneath; hair of mesothorax long, white 

 in front, posteriorly grey or rather dilute black ; scutellum 

 witli black hair. Legs black, tarsi red at extreme apex. 

 Abdomen very dark bluish or blue-black, hind margins of 

 segments obscurely reddish; apical plate broadly rounded, 

 subtruncate. 



Hub. Yallingup, S.W. Australia, Sept. 14-Oct. 31, 1913, 

 2 ? , 1 c? {li- E. Turner). British Museum. 



Apparently very close to P. versicolor, Sm., but differing 

 by the darker abdomen, with pure white instead of yellow 

 hair beneath. The male is allied to P. ibed', Ckll. P.providus 

 has the abdomen bluer and mure shining. The type of 

 P. metallescens is a female. 



Paracolletes subvigilans, sp. n. 



? .—Length 13^-14 mm. 



Rather robust, with the abdomen dark yellowish or bluish 

 green, the discs of the segments sometimes almost black, but 

 the broad hind margins always green ; head broad ; mandibles 

 dark ; clypeus shiuing, strongly punctured ; hair of cheeks 

 and face (abundant in region of antennae) white, but face with 

 some fuscous hairs intermixed ; hair of front and vertex black; 

 antennae dark, flagcllum dull red beneath at apex ; hair of 



